diff --git a/lib/util/file-matcher.js b/lib/util/file-matcher.js
index 98606425..e147155f 100644
--- a/lib/util/file-matcher.js
+++ b/lib/util/file-matcher.js
@@ -9,6 +9,38 @@ var async = require('async'),
     path = require('path'),
     seq = 0;
 
+function joinGlobResults(results) {
+    var uniqNames = {};
+
+    return results.reduce(function (uniqFiles, files) {
+        return files.reduce(function (acc, fileName) {
+            if (!uniqNames[fileName]) {
+                uniqNames[fileName] = true;
+                acc.push(fileName);
+            }
+
+            return acc;
+        }, uniqFiles);
+    }, []);
+}
+
+function globMany(patterns, opts, callback) {
+    var args = patterns.map(function (pattern) {
+        return function (callback) {
+            glob(pattern, opts, callback);
+        };
+    });
+
+    async.parallel(args, function (err, results) {
+        if (err) {
+            callback(err);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        callback(null, joinGlobResults(results));
+    });
+}
+
 function filesFor(options, callback) {
     if (!callback && typeof options === 'function') {
         callback = options;
@@ -30,7 +62,7 @@ function filesFor(options, callback) {
     opts = { cwd: root, nodir: true, ignore: excludes };
     seq += 1;
     opts['x' + seq + new Date().getTime()] = true; //cache buster for minimatch cache bug
-    glob(includes.join(' '), opts, function (err, files) {
+    globMany(includes, opts, function (err, files) {
         if (err) { return callback(err); }
         if (relative) { return callback(err, files); }
 
diff --git a/test/cli/test-cover-command.js b/test/cli/test-cover-command.js
index c4043b51..67310a2b 100644
--- a/test/cli/test-cover-command.js
+++ b/test/cli/test-cover-command.js
@@ -134,6 +134,23 @@ module.exports = {
             test.done();
         });
     },
+    "should cover tests as expected without extra noise and using multiple includes": function (test) {
+        helper.setOpts({ lazyHook : true });
+        run([ 'test/run.js', '-i', '**/foo.js', '-i', '**/bar.js'], function (results) {
+            test.ok(results.succeeded());
+            test.ok(!results.grepError(/Module load hook:/));
+            test.ok(existsSync(path.resolve(OUTPUT_DIR, 'lcov.info')));
+            test.ok(existsSync(path.resolve(OUTPUT_DIR, 'lcov-report')));
+            test.ok(existsSync(path.resolve(OUTPUT_DIR, 'coverage.json')));
+            var coverage = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(OUTPUT_DIR, 'coverage.json'), 'utf8')),
+                filtered;
+            filtered = Object.keys(coverage).filter(function (k) { return k.match(/foo/); });
+            test.ok(filtered.length !== 0);
+            filtered = Object.keys(coverage).filter(function (k) { return k.match(/bar/); });
+            test.ok(filtered.length !== 0);
+            test.done();
+        });
+    },
     "should skip reporting when requested": function (test) {
         helper.setOpts({ lazyHook : true });
         run([ 'test/run.js', '--report', 'none', '--print', 'detail' ], function (results) {